The Manor

Ealdwig, being the impatient one, pulls the handle. Maybe that will turn off the flames?

Since Skeeve was helping him, that means he is right there. When Skeeve sees him go to pull the handle, Skeeve attempts to grap him and pull him away before he can do it. Assuming he succeeds, he says, "Hold on a minute! How about if I pull it from back over there?" Skeeve points to the entry doorway. "Alternatively, wait a minute and let me and Blornvid leave the room first."

If Skeeve succeeds, he does whichever choice Ealdwig chooses.

If Skeeve fails, he looks on in horror.

Turning around Ealdwig gives a quizzical look at Skeeve, what's wrong? A little impatiently, well, open the door. Let's see if we turned off the flames. What?

I ask Blornvid, what's going on with Skeeve? He looks...weird.

With a sense of relief that he can't even hide, Skeeve breaths out, realizing he wasn't breathing while Ealdwig pull the handle. Quickly gathering himself back together, he says, "Well, let's find out if that worked!"

He quickly gets everyone back to the one-box corridor and remotely opens the door again. Assuming no flames, they all make a quick scamble to get out of the building!

Skeeve fumes, "Safety precautions!? Someone died in there!

"Also, can we at least retrieve the body of our dead companion without you trying to kill us again?

"And where is the other one? Did you kill him, too, or is he at least alive after all of this?"

"He's just very cautious."

Later, after they've been freed from the Field House of Fear and listen to the twitchy Trainer, he says, "Yeah. One dead; one lost. But these were just 'minor glitches.' I think we're wasting our time talking to this broken blue ball. Let's just find Edair and get back."

Skeeve politely ignores the side conversation. 😊

He says, "Let's walk around the outside of the building to the door what we left Edair just inside and see what is there now. I don't trust the blue psychopath to not do something stupid if we try to cut through." He assumes Etcher was otherwise released independently, but will ask if he showed up when they get back to the manor.

And, hey, at least we looted the ghast's equipment! Nothing magic, but at least we should be able to trade it in for something. Maybe.

Anyway, Skeeve would like to go retrieve the body (if it can be found without going into the building) and heading back to the manor. Once there, he would like to:
1) Get those stupid signets (or whatever).
2) Heal up.
3) Study a bit. (I feel a new Trait coming on ...)
4) If I have the gold necessary, I'd like to write a couple more scrolls. They came in very handy. I want more. I'll swap out a gem if necessary.

Oh, yeah:
5) Have Blornvid repair his and Skeeve's armor. (BTW, let me know if Blornvid needs anything in return for all the armor repair!)

"Agreed."
Nothing for labor. If there's a material expenditure, he'll take it out of the group fund. Speaking of which, might have to disburse some of that between the three of us.

I'll assume we are able to retrieve Edair's body (or maybe even him if he isn't really dead, though I assume he is). I'm guessing it is where we left it, as I figure a dead body doesn't count as a "being". Just to be safe, Skeeve will remotely retrieve the body and his equipment using TK. I really don't want to step back in the building again without a signet.

On the way back, Skeeve asks Blornvid, "I remember earlier you said you had a divining rod. What exactly does it do?"

After covering that, he'll ask Ealdwig, "Do you have a little magic device, too? What does it do?"

If we walk around the outside of the building and try to go in to get Edair won't that stupid blue dot just close the door and make us do this crazy maze again? I guess there is nothing stopping it, but it's word of course, for starting the maze all over again if we go back the way we came. Hells, I really dislike this place.

Reacting to Skeeve's question, Who me? I've got this pretty cool headband. Saved my butt in there at the beginning. It does a couple of cool things. It only seems to work once a day though. Ealdwig explains what he knows about it.
Of course, I've got my acrobats pole, which you've seen. That also came in handy with the constructs. Stupid things. And the homunculus Blornvid gave me. That would be all of it.

"It's supposed to help me find water, metal, stone, oil, and so on. Basically any kind of mundane material that I need. It never lies, but its accuracy and range shrink if I stray beyond simple things. I really haven't used it since I came to the base, but I've kept it since it's worked in the past and I never know when it might come in handy."

To Ealdwig: "We're not going into the building to get Edair's body. I'm going to float it out so we don't have to go inside. Besides, the first room or two were 'free' before, so it's probably safe. I'm still not taking the risk without an 'approved resident' signet."To Blornvid: "Ah, OK. I can see where that'd be very useful at times!

Aside from all the other things going on, Skeeve wants to try to create a sunburst and tremor scrolls again. Can he do that at the manor, or would it require going back to the base camp? I figure there are resources here to do it, the question is if Sylfir and Witic will allow Skeeve to use them to create his scrolls. If so, he can sell off the Jasper or a Diamond, depending on how many tries I need to create one of each.

Also, will Sylfir and Witic allow us to use or buy potions from them? Blornvid and Skeeve each have an anti-toxin potion, but I think it would be good to get one for Ealdwig, and then to give the three of us a 'cure disease' potion, too. Just in case, mind you ...

If we can't get or buy the supplies from the manor from Sylfir and Witic, can Skeeve use the tile tablet to "order" supplies from Fiznik and Valpip, then have the beholder zap me there and Fiznik zap me back? (Or, I guess, just put the stuff on the pad and zap it to us. One less zap that way.)

On a different subject, Skeeve does ask Slyfir and Witic for the "approved agent of the manor" signet. Whether we need one or three, he most definitely asks for it/them so we can avoid getting trapped like that again (at least for that reason).